Auroracoin – Forked and Game Over

Re:Auroracoin – Forked and Game Over by a8000 on Saturday March 29, 2014 @01:54PM (#7493128)

It is in the interest of the early adopters. For those not involved yet that have never mined before it might be more fun / interesting to adopt a new coin, for which there are no ASIC implementations.

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Re:Auroracoin – Forked and Game Over by tlrobinson on Saturday March 29, 2014 @02:05PM (#7493181)

If what you care about is your cryptocurrency being "fun" and "interesting" rather than "secure" and "stable", then sure.

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Re:Auroracoin – Forked and Game Over by ben0x539 on Saturday March 29, 2014 @02:28PM (#7493298)

Wouldn't people who prefer "secure" and "stable" go with actual, non-crypto currencies?

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Re:Auroracoin – Forked and Game Over by a8000 on Saturday March 29, 2014 @08:47PM (#7494654)

Everything I would want to buy I can pay for with a free international credit card my bank issues. The only real incentive to use a cryptocurrency for me would be for things like giving and receiving online tips, like a site independent karma system, but as soon as you need to actually buy the coins from somewhere it is just as convenient or inconvenient as tipping fiat money.

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